25 February 2007

Blog entries skew whiff

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It's a long story, but I had to reinput images on most of my blog posts. The result is that old posts are now displaying first on the C...
24 February 2007

With soul @ The Soul

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I caught Daniel Hunter’s trio at the Soul Bar on Friday night. It was the end of the week, wind down time for local office workers, time fo...
23 February 2007

In from Melbourne, off to Moruya

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Leigh Barker and his quintet played at Hippos last Wednesday to launch their CD. It was a strongly local affair. The band is from Melbourn...
15 February 2007

A little piece of Africa

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There’s an obscure album from the 1970s which is one of the first that I ever bought, and perhaps for that reason, one of my all-time favour...
12 February 2007

Jazz a la Turc or a lust to wander?

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The Multicultural Festival gave us a free afternoon of two very different forms of jazz, from Turkey and Australia. It was interesting to h...
10 February 2007

The team that brings you White Eagle

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Jazz at the White Eagle is turning into a major event. For those who don’t know, it’s a monthly performance and jam session run by several ...

Carl D & Aunty Richard visit

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There was a wonderful twin performance (do musos call this a twin-set?) Thursday night to open the White Eagle series for 2007. Aunty Richa...
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08 February 2007

Euro guitars at Hippo

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The Quartet of Peter O’Mara and Barbara Jungfer played Hippo’s last night. Peter is an Australian, now resident in Europe, and showing the ...
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08 January 2007

Jazz Rocks

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I recently caught some of the Canberra contingent in Sydney at a daytime performance at The Rocks. Carl Dewhurst (guitar) and Brendan Clark...
08 December 2006

Jess & Niels

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Last night’s White Eagle was a night of maturity in several ways. In the musical sense, it was a homecoming for two wayfarers and ex-Jazz S...
07 December 2006

Bernie McGann plays Hippo

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Bernie McGann is a legend of Australian modern jazz, and his performance at Hippo’s was confirmation, if confirmation was needed. Bernie ...
01 December 2006

John Mackey CD launch

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John Mackey launched his new CD the other night with a fabulous night of impassioned, Coltranesque exuberance at Hippo’s. John, of course, ...
16 November 2006

Bones exposed at Hippo's

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Exposed Bone’s performance at Hippo’s last night reminded me of why I love jazz. It was an energetic show, with humour and intelligence and...
13 November 2006

Stange happenings with CJ feeds

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It seems all posts on the CJ home page were redated to 11 Nov when I upgraded to the new Blogger software (betaBlogger). It's obviously...
11 November 2006

Vale Michael Foster

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The Canberra Times reported this morning (Canberra Times, Sat 11 Nov 2006, p.4) that long-time jazz afficionado and jazz reporter for the ...